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specialguardu.exe

specialguard updater

NKsolution Corp.

The application specialguardu.exe by NKsolution has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘specialguard main’.
Publisher:
NK Solution  (signed by NKsolution Corp.)

Product:
specialguard updater

Version:
1, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
5c0134119c23118828b7cb66b063e08e

SHA-1:
025547cf4ae08d88697f0f1e02918ec67e78ab60

SHA-256:
088ca3b0c5f9a8ca2be826669807fd4353aaaec5bc5c37a8517c2bba5b9c2ceb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 10:15:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NKsolution.Optimizer (M)
17.1.20.17

File size:
117.4 KB (120,192 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2010 NK Solution All rights reserved.

Original file name:
specialguardu.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\specialguard\specialguardu.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NKsolution Corp.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/7/2010 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/8/2011 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=NKsolution Corp., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=NKsolution Corp., L=Jaesong-dong Haeundae-gu, S=Haeundae-gu, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5DFBADE2203D406F2D7510DFBAADC483

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2010 3:12:56 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x857A0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 46, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, F9, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8216

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
104 KB (106,496 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
specialguard main

Command:
C:\Program Files\specialguard\specialguardu.exe \8l


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